Description
Enjoy the unique and subtle flavor of wintermelon in this simple milk tea recipe. Make it a bubble tea with the addition of tapioca pearls or a fruity topping.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces water
- 1 black tea bag
- 3 scoops wintermelon milk tea powder
- 1 cup dairy (milk or cream)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar tapioca pearls
- ice cubes
Instructions
- Boil the water. Add the black tea bag and allow it to steep for approximately 5 minutes. Set the tea aside to cool.
- Cook the tapioca pearls according to the package instructions.
- Pour the black tea into a shaker. If you don’t have a shaker, use a mason jar.
- Add 3 scoops of wintermelon milk tea powder.
- Add your choice of dairy to the mixture.
- Shake until the powder is fully dissolved.
- Put the boba pearls at the bottom of the serving glass, followed by ice cubes.
- When fully combined, pour the drink mixture into a serving cup and enjoy!
Notes
If you want a stronger melon flavor, add one or two more scoops of powder, but remember that this will also make your drink sweeter. Additionally, you can enhance the sweetness of this drink by adding honey and brown sugar syrup or another sweetener, but the recipe above is already fairly sweet.
When made the traditional Chinese way, from fresh fruit, many recipes use rock sugar to make the fruit syrup. Rock sugar is diluted with water and is less sweet than traditional white sugar.
You can use creamer or dairy substitutes like almond or soy milk. Additionally, you can switch out black tea with jasmine tea leaves or green tea.
If you prefer to use homemade tapioca pearls, check out this recipe.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes